It sits at a “Certified Fresh” 95% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as an 85% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter.

True Grit, on the other hand, was only modestly promoted. It got excellent reviews, but that's never a guarantee of a healthy profit. And yet, it's breached $100 million.

Boldly reanimating the comic Western that secured John Wayne his Oscar 41 years ago, the Coen brothers’ True Grit is well-wrought, if overly talkative, and seriously ambitious. Opening with a ...

Running time: 110 minutes. Three stars out of four. ”True Grit” is one of the most mainstream, crowd-pleasing films Joel and Ethan Coen have ever made.

The Coen brothers' "True Grit" isn't a remake of the 1969 Western that won John Wayne an Oscar, rather a great work of its own drawn from the same source material.

"True Grit" is clearly a western. But as an adaptation of Portis's novel, a work dating from 1968 that the Coens have said they admire, it is clearly a respectful treatment. Perhaps too respectful.

True Grit contains much more in the way of comedy than you'll probably be expecting. The language is stodgy and stilted, but the cadence of the punchlines rings true if you've got an ear for levity.

The Coen Brothers are releasing a new film, a remake of the classic Western “”True Grit”” originally starring John Wayne. The Western has been lately revitalized and revisited by such ...

“True Grit” lifted its total to $110.4 million. Among newcomers, Nicolas Cage’s supernatural thriller, “Season of the Witch,” opened at No. 3, with $10.7 million.

Like many Coen Brothers films, True Grit is often hilarious, something the trailers hide. Bucking the trend that all Westerns of late need to be a dark, three hour opus based upon a Cormac ...